The Republican majority in Congress has voted to kill the Affordable Care Act dozens of times. It's done this knowing that President Obama would veto the bill, thus sparing members from the consequences.
So obviously, it was always a game. It was posturing before a public that largely didn't know what Obamacare did for them.
Still, Republicans could have thrown the American people a crumb of respect by saying, "When the day comes, this is what we're going to replace it with." Or, "There's no r
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